CDFI Fund News Stories and Data

Ernest Walker Insurance Agency
432 Flats
GoGAL Program
Enhanced Estètic

Thank you to our partners at Inclusive and CDBA for sharing data on CDFI Bank and CDFI Credit Union branch locations. In addition, about 100 of our CDFI Stories come from OFN’s story database.

CDFI Investment Map

Mapped CDFI investment data (2005-2023), via the CDFI Coalition's partnership with CDFI Friendly America.

CDFI Advocacy App

Want more state data? Check out CDFI Friendly America's mobile-friendly CDFI Advocacy App for impacts from 2005-2023.

Testimonials

CDFI funding to nonprofits for construction returns more money into the community through economic activity. It’s very important we keep providing this capital in Indiana.

Donna Sink, IFF, Indianapolis, IN

CDFIs invest in creative solutions for communities, producing impactful outcomes such as those related to quality jobs, affordable housing, community health, and child wellbeing.

Sarah Reed, MetaFund Corporation, Edmond, OK

After coming from several years working in for-profit corporations into a CDFI, I’ve come to appreciate the real benefits CDFIs provide to communities at all levels. CDFIs provide consumer, commercial, mortgage loans, housing development, community facilities when needed, and more creative solutions.

Julia Nelmark, Midwest Minnesota Community Development Corporation (MMCDC), Detroit Lakes, MN

CDFIs are a lifeline for many small business owners who cannot get traditional financing from large banks.

Ericka Powell Sinclair, Harlem Entrepreneurial Fund, LLC, New York, NY